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Holiday movies offer us a glimpse into how the world is could be, often in sharp contrast to our lives as they are. In that way, the annual act of viewing them is like a religious ritual.
Not so long ago, people had no idea what would happen to them – and what they would see – once they ascended into the clouds.
Real-life adherents to the Mandela Effect veer into conspiratorial thinking. But they do hit on an important truth: Our understanding of history is malleable.
Does the new film misrepresent Harriet Tubman’s legacy as claimed by many Twitter users?
Hoffa’s ghost continues to haunt the labor movement.
Like the ‘Rocky Steps,’ the ‘Joker Stairs’ have become a mecca for moviegoers. But not all film-related tourism is the same.
To understand the panic about mass shootings and whether mental illness plays a role, it is important to look to the past. A history of stigma and fear contributes to people blaming mental illness.
Giving a movie subtitles or dubbing it into multiple languages makes commercial and cultural sense, but the process can be riddled with potential pitfalls.
It’s time characters on TV reflected not only women’s experience of heart disease but those of men from diverse backgrounds if we want to prevent more people dying from heart disease.
Teens who see alcohol on TV are more likely to drink. A marketing professor explains how to counter this phenomenon.
Lions don’t generally have armies of hyenas, but not every aspect of The Lion King is inaccurate.
While 92% of adults feel that talking with their loved ones about end-of-life care is important, only 32% have actually done so.
Studios are starting to realize that diverse casts and diverse stories have a massive earning potential.
It’s why Marvel’s effort to break the worldwide box office record is doomed, as an economist explains.
While the 2019 ‘Aladdin’ is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
Cinema is the most popular firm of cultural participation, but rising ticket prices threaten that.
Slow movies have until now been largely confined to arthouse cinema, for film aficionados only. Not any more.
The vast majority of stories told in movies, in books and on television conclude with happy endings – and this has real-world political consequences.
When the ‘Captain Marvel’ movie opens on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day, it will be Marvel Studios’ first female-superhero led film.
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Film Studies, North Carolina State University
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Senior Research Fellow, Development, Policy and Practice (DPP), The Open University
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Professor of Economics, Scripps College
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Professor, University of Gondar
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Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Associate Professor. Cinema Arts, School of Creative Arts, University of Windsor
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
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Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of History, Wesleyan University
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